he joins us as well as ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story that he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview. reporter: john, he was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also the russian height commissioner for children, these are just the first two, essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place. the prosecutor s office that we hear from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine, but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many different war crimes for potential war crimes that we have seen playing out in ukraine, whether it is the bombing of the theater in mariupol where people were sheltering, civilians were sheltering,
karim khan, the icc s chief prosecutor. she joins us from the hague. cnn s matthew chance is monitoring russian reaction. he joins us as well as does cnn s ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview at the hague. carissa. reporter: john, well, karim khan was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also for the russia high commissioner for children maria l vova-belova, these are just the first two essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place in ukraine. the prosecutor s office here from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine. but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many differe
been shut down. thanks for joining us. ac 360 begins now. good evening. we begin tonight with a 360 exclusive, inside the fighting in ukraine from a perspective that s never been shown before. the view from inside a ukrainian combat helicopter flying at treetop level and sometimes below the tree line, under constant threat from ground fire and fighters above. flying these choppers is one of the most dangerous jobs in this war, and with russia beginning a new offensive, it could soon get even riskier. cnn s sam kiley has the story. reporter: the target is russian troops. a hard bank left and a dive, and flares to distract heat seeker missiles. a pair of ukrainian helicopters on an assault against russian forces close to backwards. there are russian aircraft waiting on the border. we should be careful when we go. we should fly very low. to prevent our recognition. reporter: below, trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sortie, this forward
a hard bank left and a dive. and layers to did distract heat seeker missiles. a pair of ukrainian helicopters on an assault against russian forces close to bakmut. around the border, we should be careful. we should fly very low altitude to prevent our recognition. below trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sorti, this forward base is secret, as low profile as possible. the mi8 helicopters are refueled and rearmed. they expect to fly at least 3sortis a day. when you took off this morning, were you frightened? why ? well, because the russians want to kill you. we don t have any other choice than to fight the russians. if you re frightened, you should stay at home. that s not an option here. this soviet era helicopter is about 30-years-old. the threat against it is extreme and as a result of that, we re are gone to fly quite literally below the night of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. built as
hardest, vladamir putin has finally become a wanted international war criminal. the lead starts right now. the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant for vladamir putin today. the russian president and another top official are accused of committing war crimes by deporting ukrainian children to russia. then, could this be responsible for the covid virus? it s linked to raccoon dogs, raising question it is animals sold at the market were the origin and not a lab leak. are you sick of getting annoying spam texts? the new rules that will force phone companies to crack down on those robbo texts blowing up your phone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and an arrest warm issued for vladamir putin. the kremlin is trying to dismiss the warrant for the russian president, issued by the international criminal court. earlier today, the icc alleged that putin and his commissioner for children s rights forcibly detained thousands of